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. >> rose: what are the advantages he has, al, president obama. >> obama has a couple advantages. mike says the demographics certainly work in his favor. i think he's probably a slightly better candidate than mitt romney. i think, i'll tell you one advantage he does not have that they had last time. i think this, i think the romney campaign is a pretty darn effective group. they've coherent, they seem to have fewer factions than some campaigns have had and i think they are more, they are at least a match for team obama. now, it has to be said, everything mike said about the primaries are right. they beat an incredibly weak field. when they go against broke it's welcome to the nfl. >> rose: on that note thank you very much al hunt, thank you very much mike murphy. >> sure. >> rose: a pleasure. >> thank you. >> rose: i go now to bob white, a long time friend of the mitt romney and also mike leavitt is an adviser to mitt romney. earlier this evening, bob white spoke about the governor's commitment to service and their work at bain capital. as i said mike leavitt is a former utah gove
. >> rose: what are the advantages he has, al, president obama. >> obama has a couple advantages. mike says the demographics certainly work in his favor. i think he's probably a slightly better candidate than mitt romney. i think, i'll tell you one advantage he does not have that they had last time. i think this, i think the romney campaign is a pretty darn effective group. they've coherent, they seem to have fewer factions than some campaigns have had and i think they are more,...
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. >> rose: what are the advantages he has, al, president obama. >> obama has a couple advantages. mike says the demographics certainly work in his favor. i think he's probably a slightly better candidate than mitt romney. i think, i'll tell you one advantage he does not have that they had last time. i think this, i think the romney campaign is a pretty darn effective group. they've coherent, they seem to have fewer factions than some campaigns have had and i think they are more, they are at least a match for team obama. now, it has to be said, everything mike said about the primaries are right. they beat an incredibly weak field. when they go against broke it's welcome to the nfl. >> rose: on that note thank you very much al hunt, thank you very much mike murphy. >> sure. >> rose: a pleasure. >> thank you. >> rose: i go now to bob white, a long time friend of the mitt romney and also mike leavitt is an adviser to mitt romney. earlier this evening, bob white spoke about the governor's commitment to service and their work at bain capital. as i said mike leavitt is a former utah gove
. >> rose: what are the advantages he has, al, president obama. >> obama has a couple advantages. mike says the demographics certainly work in his favor. i think he's probably a slightly better candidate than mitt romney. i think, i'll tell you one advantage he does not have that they had last time. i think this, i think the romney campaign is a pretty darn effective group. they've coherent, they seem to have fewer factions than some campaigns have had and i think they are more,...
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obama has to plan on the obama campaign and improving. the problem solving, the fixer, the guy who is excited with ideas is a very attractive candidate. if they can make the spotlight of the campaign on that with this new interest they're going to generate, they're going to do pretty well. the obama guys will try to use paid advertising and other things to move the campaign into other stuff. but i think we now have a different more competitive race and we'll see what happens. >> rose: katty. >> before i freeze out here today, i'm blaming the cold. the obama campaign has spent millions of dollars successfully making mitt romney unacceptable as a choice to the american public. tonight mitt romney made himself acceptable in the course of a 9 0-minute debate. >> rose: thank you, you're cold. >> it gets better and better. i think we saw people in each party say well obviously our candidate barely has a tongue, we don't know if they'll be able to. but it was skewed and what the obama team had an opportunity to do with a good debate was sort of
obama has to plan on the obama campaign and improving. the problem solving, the fixer, the guy who is excited with ideas is a very attractive candidate. if they can make the spotlight of the campaign on that with this new interest they're going to generate, they're going to do pretty well. the obama guys will try to use paid advertising and other things to move the campaign into other stuff. but i think we now have a different more competitive race and we'll see what happens. >> rose:...
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the concern president obama had lying weapons would in effect be involved in a proxy war supported by iran and russia. the other side of the debate is nothing else is working and we need to create pressure on assad and build relationship with people inside syria who might take over one day. another factor is there are rebels, al-qaeda affiliated rebels the united states and the west doesn't support. and i don't think it's in the west's interest to see them end up at the top of the heap. >> rose: and then we turn to the story of the chinese army spying on the american government and american companies with david sanger of the "new york times," dune lawrence and michael riley of bloomberg businessweek. >> the cyber has been off to the side as something of an annoyance. i'm hearing this has gotten so big it's moving to the center of the relationship and it risks the rest of the relationship. i think the next thing you're going to see the president sending some kind of envoy to beijing to make that point. >> rose: the conflict in syria and spying on the united states by the chinese army w
the concern president obama had lying weapons would in effect be involved in a proxy war supported by iran and russia. the other side of the debate is nothing else is working and we need to create pressure on assad and build relationship with people inside syria who might take over one day. another factor is there are rebels, al-qaeda affiliated rebels the united states and the west doesn't support. and i don't think it's in the west's interest to see them end up at the top of the heap....
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obviously it was not, where petraeus and mcchrystal and obama would not have recommended change of course. the release of these names will have afghans killed because of this. >> marine general james mattis, about to be confirmed as the new head of central command. >> i thought was just an appallingly irresponsible act to release this information. did not tell us anything that i have seen so far that were not already aware of. i see no big revelations. >> mr. assange can say whatever he wants about the greater good that he and his stores are doing, but the truth is that they might already have on their hands the blood of some young soldier or that of an afghan family. >> admiral mike mullen, chairman of the joint chiefs. julian assange told "the today show," "every day people are killed in afghanistan and that number is increasing, so we should not let the issue of what names are in there or not eclipsed bigger problem. maybe that is a left wing view of what the military would call collateral damage. >> amazingly, the president has not given 8 warp speed since december 1, when he get a gr
obviously it was not, where petraeus and mcchrystal and obama would not have recommended change of course. the release of these names will have afghans killed because of this. >> marine general james mattis, about to be confirmed as the new head of central command. >> i thought was just an appallingly irresponsible act to release this information. did not tell us anything that i have seen so far that were not already aware of. i see no big revelations. >> mr. assange can say...
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you gave obama's polls. romney has the lowest positives and the highest negatives than anybody since bob dole in '96. >> that's true. but people know who obama is. i don't think people have tuned into romney enough for that to be as significant as a president's approval rating. >> it was a measure of what a bad... he flipped his positive-negative numbers. last fall he was sort of 50 positive, 25 negative. he managed to in six months reverse that. >> and the damage with women and hispanics, undeniable. >> rose: that's what i meant by whether he was in a big hole because of his campaign. >> well, one of the things that mike and evan got in this book which i found so fascinating is the romney obsession with opposition resurge and going negative. i mean, this is... romney... there's the body surfing and the easter eggs and tag and trip and all that. >> rose: these would be the romney children. >> yes, the various romney children. but in the end what romney's really good at-- and there's a line in the book-- is k
you gave obama's polls. romney has the lowest positives and the highest negatives than anybody since bob dole in '96. >> that's true. but people know who obama is. i don't think people have tuned into romney enough for that to be as significant as a president's approval rating. >> it was a measure of what a bad... he flipped his positive-negative numbers. last fall he was sort of 50 positive, 25 negative. he managed to in six months reverse that. >> and the damage with women...
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barack obama is dead even in the jebreal election. it's a great six months and he's still dead in this general election. in 1992 bill clinton was third in may of 1992 behind ross perot and george w. bush. this race will get to the summer. he will be damaged, mitt romney will be damaged. if he's a good politician and puts together a good convention this race is within three or four points no matter what. we're just in that environment. >> rose: look at the exam -- >> carly let me jump in. i slightly disagree with matthew in the sense i don't think it's even. i think obama's got a clear advantage when you look at key states it's changed a lot in the last month. however let me say this. talking to people who have been with obama, he is programly can dented whether he's talking to the new york town or down here boarding on caul cocky. >> i think he's way across the border. >> you want this economy stall. let there be a war in iran and oil prices soar and "all bets are off." >> rose: what is defining the republican race. >> mitt romney is
barack obama is dead even in the jebreal election. it's a great six months and he's still dead in this general election. in 1992 bill clinton was third in may of 1992 behind ross perot and george w. bush. this race will get to the summer. he will be damaged, mitt romney will be damaged. if he's a good politician and puts together a good convention this race is within three or four points no matter what. we're just in that environment. >> rose: look at the exam -- >> carly let me...
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president obama hit his lowest job approval ever in that particular poll. 42%. john boehner speaker of the house 17% positive. not so good. republican party, another record low. 22% positive. democrats a little better. 37%. isn't all that good most of the time. congress, three quarters of the american people think congress is the -- part of the problem, not part of the solution. and finally, only 29% say they want to re-elect their own congressmen. about two thirds say throw the bum out. and they're talking about their own congressman. what's going on here? we finally found something that everybody in america agrees on. and that is this thing isn't working across the board. gwen: and sitting at this table a couple of weeks ago the president is riding high. the republicans have embarrassed themselves. and now that didn't last. >> that was just two weeks ago. the lesson here is that when there's a government shutdown and there's a mess, it does drag everybody down. and then you got to go back to the fundamentals. is the economy working? are jobs being created? and
president obama hit his lowest job approval ever in that particular poll. 42%. john boehner speaker of the house 17% positive. not so good. republican party, another record low. 22% positive. democrats a little better. 37%. isn't all that good most of the time. congress, three quarters of the american people think congress is the -- part of the problem, not part of the solution. and finally, only 29% say they want to re-elect their own congressmen. about two thirds say throw the bum out. and...
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president obama began his presidency with an apology tour. america, he said, dictated to other nations. no, mr. president, america has freed other nations from dictators. (cheers and applause) >> u.s.a.! u.s.a.! >> every american -- >> u.s.a.! u.s.a.! u.s.a.! u.s.a.! u.s.a.! u.s.a.! u.s.a.! u.s.a.! >> every american was relieved the day president obama gave the order and seal team 6 took out osama bin laden. (cheers and applause) on another front, every american is less secure today because he has failed to slow iran's nuclear threat. in his first fv interview he said we should talk to iran. we're still talking and iran's centrifuges are still spinning. president obama has thrown allies like israel under the bus, even as he has relaxed sanctions on castro's cuba,'s ban dawned our friends in poland by walking away from our missile defense commitments. >> boo!. >> but he's eager to give russia's president putin the flexibility he desires after the election. under my administration our friends will see more loyalty, and mr. putin will see a litt
president obama began his presidency with an apology tour. america, he said, dictated to other nations. no, mr. president, america has freed other nations from dictators. (cheers and applause) >> u.s.a.! u.s.a.! >> every american -- >> u.s.a.! u.s.a.! u.s.a.! u.s.a.! u.s.a.! u.s.a.! u.s.a.! u.s.a.! >> every american was relieved the day president obama gave the order and seal team 6 took out osama bin laden. (cheers and applause) on another front, every american is less...
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. >> this week o"inside washington," the obama white house goes toar ainst fox newsnd other critics. >>he white house must stop dithering while america's armed forces are in danger >> dick cheney continues the national security war ainst the oba white house. >> what vice-president cheney calls ditring, president obama calls his solemn responsibili to t men and women in uform and to t american public. >> senator john kerry talks afghan psident karzai into runoff. >> it does offend our values when executives of big financial firms, firms that are struggling, pay tmselves huge bonuses even as they continue to rely on taxpayer assistanceo stay afloa >> what the goverent giveth, the government can take away. an award on t passing of jack nels, one of the great reporters of our time. >> the evithat was inflicted on the blacks in the south where i grew up, was almost unbelievable. captioned by the national captioning instite --www.ncic.org-- >> a ranking republican inhe u.s. senate says the obama administration aears to be creating a nixonlike enemies list of people who disagre with or crit
. >> this week o"inside washington," the obama white house goes toar ainst fox newsnd other critics. >>he white house must stop dithering while america's armed forces are in danger >> dick cheney continues the national security war ainst the oba white house. >> what vice-president cheney calls ditring, president obama calls his solemn responsibili to t men and women in uform and to t american public. >> senator john kerry talks afghan psident karzai into...
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president obama said today he's confident about u.s. oil supplies, despite the upheavals in libya. susie, some lawmakers called on the president to tap into america's emergency oil supply to offset potential shortages. but president obama said he believes we'll be able "to ride out the situation." >> susie: tom, those comments late this afternoon reassured oil traders and then the price of oil dropped dramatically in the last hour of trading. april crude futures fell $0.82, closing at $97.28. they had been trading as high as $103 earlier in the day. >> tom: but despite that pullback, economists still worry high p
president obama said today he's confident about u.s. oil supplies, despite the upheavals in libya. susie, some lawmakers called on the president to tap into america's emergency oil supply to offset potential shortages. but president obama said he believes we'll be able "to ride out the situation." >> susie: tom, those comments late this afternoon reassured oil traders and then the price of oil dropped dramatically in the last hour of trading. april crude futures fell $0.82,...
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obama has raised a ton of money from wall street. the total from his campaign is probably as much or greater than what romney has raised to did. romney is not the nominee. there is no question a lot of money will go that way. the real thing is what the senator said a number of months ago which is basically these a day -- banks own the joint. our problem is we have allowed financial deregulation in concentration, a kind of financial was asian that is having -- financialization that is having an effect on our ability to ensure that the strength of the democracy is sustained. that is not happening. the wealth is being concentrated at the top end. the levels are far more extreme than people realize. the top 1% makes as much income every year as the bottom 60% of americans. they hold as much wealth as 90% of americans. when you have that kind of concentration of income, the economy does not work very well. corporations go without customers. the people on the top have excess cash they use and speculative casino-like gambling. that is very
obama has raised a ton of money from wall street. the total from his campaign is probably as much or greater than what romney has raised to did. romney is not the nominee. there is no question a lot of money will go that way. the real thing is what the senator said a number of months ago which is basically these a day -- banks own the joint. our problem is we have allowed financial deregulation in concentration, a kind of financial was asian that is having -- financialization that is having an...
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>> because they believed that they had obama over a barrel. and that they could force him to do what they wanted, which was to radically downsize all domestic discretionary spending. and he wasn't going to do it. and that's how we got to that situation. >> what do you think's going to happen after the election, no matter who wins? because the popular expectation is that we're heading toward a fiscal cliff. are we going to go through in those few months between the election and the inauguration, what we went through with the deficit crisis that you just talked about? >> i would say the likeliest possibility is that we'll get some sort of short-term extension of the provisions to kick the can down the road a little bit. now, i'm not saying that will happen. there's also a possibili if past is prologue that the tea party faction in the house could dig in its heels and say no, just as they did with the debt ceiling crisis. >> and what then would be the consequence of that, as you can anticipate it? >> the consequence would be immediate and severe
>> because they believed that they had obama over a barrel. and that they could force him to do what they wanted, which was to radically downsize all domestic discretionary spending. and he wasn't going to do it. and that's how we got to that situation. >> what do you think's going to happen after the election, no matter who wins? because the popular expectation is that we're heading toward a fiscal cliff. are we going to go through in those few months between the election and the...
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. >> susie: and president obama trying to build his relationship with the business community, and hoping if he sets the right tone, to use this words, businesses may change how they make their investment decisions. will it make a difference? >> my guess is he will actually do that. surprise, surprise. i'm an optimist about the fact he wants to get re-elected. he will actually build some bridges he had burned recently. i think we will actually be pleasantly surprised, i hope, because of his self-interest. i think it has to be done. we need this to create jobs. it is very straightforward. >> susie: we're going to have to leave it there. thank you both for coming on the program tonight. our guest tonight, diane swonk, and mike holland, of holland and company. >> tom: our coverage of quantitative easing continues tomorrow. we'll ask the c.e.o. of one of the country's biggest banks how the fed's move affects bankers, buyers and borrowers. join us for our interview with b.b.&t.'s kelly king. >> tom: well, as we heard, the federal reserve action today, not much of a surprise, really, for the ma
. >> susie: and president obama trying to build his relationship with the business community, and hoping if he sets the right tone, to use this words, businesses may change how they make their investment decisions. will it make a difference? >> my guess is he will actually do that. surprise, surprise. i'm an optimist about the fact he wants to get re-elected. he will actually build some bridges he had burned recently. i think we will actually be pleasantly surprised, i hope, because...
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now he's the treasury secretary and is fending off criticism of the obama administrations legislative answer to the crisis: the doddraannk fincial reform law. f geithner writes in the "wall street journal," quote, "these rearforms e not perfect, and they will not prevent all future financial crises." end quote. but independent banking analyst kenneth thomas thinks geithner ignores his own actions during the 2008 crisis. >> with all due respect, secretary geithner has amnesia because the biggest reason why the crisis was so severe was because he at the federal reserve bank of new york and chairman bernanke and especially treasury secretary paulson at the time let lehman fail. >> reporter: secretary geithner has previously called 2012 a key year for the reforms as dozens of the rules will be written. for instance, the securities and exchange commission is working on the so-called volker rule. that would ban banks from using their own money to trade derivatives. the commodity futures trading commission is coming up with rules governing over the counter trading for certain financial deriv
now he's the treasury secretary and is fending off criticism of the obama administrations legislative answer to the crisis: the doddraannk fincial reform law. f geithner writes in the "wall street journal," quote, "these rearforms e not perfect, and they will not prevent all future financial crises." end quote. but independent banking analyst kenneth thomas thinks geithner ignores his own actions during the 2008 crisis. >> with all due respect, secretary geithner has...
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economist steve ricchiutto says it is due to president obama's agreement to extend the bush tax cuts. >> unfortunately, what we are getting out of this proposal from both the administration and the republican side is more of the same: let's go out and spend money. nothing is done in here to address the long term budget problems. >> reporter: many americans invest in bonds through mutual funds. so far this year, more than $267 billion has poured into those funds on top of a record amount last year. the question for small investors is whether the party in bonds is over. is it better to ride out the volatility or take the money and run? >> you bail. you really just get out. there is no way for a retail investor to properly hedge himself in this environment. >> reporter: but others say bond prices are at low enough levels that they are looking more attractive. >> i think we're starting to get into that value proposition, where rates are high enough that people might get interested again. its the end of the year, we just a had a pretty big turbulent move and people want to see where we sta
economist steve ricchiutto says it is due to president obama's agreement to extend the bush tax cuts. >> unfortunately, what we are getting out of this proposal from both the administration and the republican side is more of the same: let's go out and spend money. nothing is done in here to address the long term budget problems. >> reporter: many americans invest in bonds through mutual funds. so far this year, more than $267 billion has poured into those funds on top of a record...
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we cannot afford four more years of barack obama. we're not going to have four more years of barack obama. >> the road to the white house runs through ohio, that's why the candidates have made more than 30 visits here already. the fact is that in this huge country, the election will be decided in just a few places like this. this is the most expensive presidential race ever. the two parties have already spent more than $1 billion in all, much of it focused on just eight of america's 50 states. over a third of then ca otilil on political adverts swaying undecided voters, roughly a million people, around 3% of those who plan to vote. >> maybe instead of attacking others on taxes, romney should come clean on his. >> trying to reach these vital voters, the two campaigns have spent $116 million on tv ads in ohio alone, most attacking their opponent. >> fewer americans are working today than when president obama took office. >> but if the air war is important, the ground war could be important. an emotional opening of the latest obama camp
we cannot afford four more years of barack obama. we're not going to have four more years of barack obama. >> the road to the white house runs through ohio, that's why the candidates have made more than 30 visits here already. the fact is that in this huge country, the election will be decided in just a few places like this. this is the most expensive presidential race ever. the two parties have already spent more than $1 billion in all, much of it focused on just eight of america's 50...
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and thenn to president obama for signature. stoc on wall street opened sharply higher in ancipation e fed would hold rates stead an hour into tding, the dow jued 141 points with the nasdaq up 22 points. the rallwas also linked to a weaker dollar which boostethe commodity seor. mewhat supportive were two private reports showg job losses werslowing. even so, the market st ground in cppy afternoon trading, resulting in a mixedlose. >> susie: a petalk and survivallan from chrysler today. the struggng automaker's new boss, sergio marchionne of ft, spelled out a w 5-year busiss plan to rev up chrysler which erged from bankruptcy five months ago. marchionne kicked thingsff with the good ws. chrysler is sittg on $6 billion f cash. he also saidhrysler will break even next year double sales 20 and increase its market are from 9% to 13% over the next five years. marchionne's remarks werpart of marathon briefing session with analysts and jourlists at chrysler headquarters. our diane eastabrookas there and is snding by in auburn hills, mich
and thenn to president obama for signature. stoc on wall street opened sharply higher in ancipation e fed would hold rates stead an hour into tding, the dow jued 141 points with the nasdaq up 22 points. the rallwas also linked to a weaker dollar which boostethe commodity seor. mewhat supportive were two private reports showg job losses werslowing. even so, the market st ground in cppy afternoon trading, resulting in a mixedlose. >> susie: a petalk and survivallan from chrysler today. the...
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an historic ruling from the supreme court, upholding president obama's health care law. we have complete coverage on who wins, who loses, and what it means for the economy and you. >> tom: i'm tom hudson. with millions of americans forced to get health insurance, we'll get the outlook for health insurance stocks with more customers, but with more costs too. >> susie: and, sour results for blackberry maker research in motion, as more and more users ditch the brand. >> tom: that and more tonight on "n.b.r." >> tom: the u.s. supreme court today upheld almost all of president obama's health care reform law, including the individual mandate. that's the controversial part of the law requiring almost everyone to have health insurance. and it didn't take long for washington lawmakers to react to the landmark decision. >> reporter: as crowds waited outside, the supreme court handed down one of its most important decisions in nearly 20 years. the individual mandate-- the part of health care reform that requires almost all americans to have health insurance or pay a fine, is consti
an historic ruling from the supreme court, upholding president obama's health care law. we have complete coverage on who wins, who loses, and what it means for the economy and you. >> tom: i'm tom hudson. with millions of americans forced to get health insurance, we'll get the outlook for health insurance stocks with more customers, but with more costs too. >> susie: and, sour results for blackberry maker research in motion, as more and more users ditch the brand. >> tom: that...
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what i wrote and said was, yesterday was like a third inauguration day for president obama. it's unusual for a president to be able to reboot in the middle a term and yet this moment -- cataclysmic that it creates an opportunity. the question is -- there may be nothing the president can do. there is enough opposition on the right in the republican party that they will frustrate almost any effort at compromise. i think the question is, can the be successful in a strategy in which he splits off enough of the establishment republicans from the tea party and will he do things in terms of negotiations and ideas that he's prepared to put forward easier or harder for them to come to him rather than stick with the tea party. gwen: and the three things he's talking about are budget immigration and the farm bill. are these winnable battles? immigrationn reform, it's really hard to say. he is not likely to give republicans too much because what is the biggest thing in 2014 -- boy, democrats sure want control of that senate. if they don't, the rest of his changes just tremendously so i
what i wrote and said was, yesterday was like a third inauguration day for president obama. it's unusual for a president to be able to reboot in the middle a term and yet this moment -- cataclysmic that it creates an opportunity. the question is -- there may be nothing the president can do. there is enough opposition on the right in the republican party that they will frustrate almost any effort at compromise. i think the question is, can the be successful in a strategy in which he splits off...
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he made a better case for barack obama and joe biden and barack obama and joe biden had ever made. the other thing about bill clinton's speech is he had the ultimate line in it -- "this economy was so bad even i could not have fixed it." >> i think you pointed out in the opening of the show what was the worst political moment, which was the clink east would wasting 12 minutes of prime time when just before, you have had these truly heart rending stories -- heartwarming stories about the humanity of the republican challenger, and also a bio which was not shown. that was a terrible tactical error. >> the reason why clinton's speech worked was because clinton is a force larger the nature and people knew it was bill clinton giving that speech. so many political speeches are written by someone else, and they read that way. "inside washington finally -- >> finally, predictions for the year ahead in the supreme court. it will be a gun so year involving the supreme court possibly striking down the voting rights act, the subject of gay marriage, and even weather you can patent a gene. anywa
he made a better case for barack obama and joe biden and barack obama and joe biden had ever made. the other thing about bill clinton's speech is he had the ultimate line in it -- "this economy was so bad even i could not have fixed it." >> i think you pointed out in the opening of the show what was the worst political moment, which was the clink east would wasting 12 minutes of prime time when just before, you have had these truly heart rending stories -- heartwarming stories...
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so did president obama. >> it is the right thing to do for the economy, and most importantly it is the right thing to do for american families across the country. >> reporter: house members are expected to vote on the plan that extends the payroll tax cut and some unemploy benefits for two months. that buys lawmakers some extra time to negotiate a plan to extend them for all of 2012. until now house republicans refused to consider the senate's bipartisan compromise because it did not extend benefits for a full year. earlier this week they voted to reject it and called on senators to come back to washington to renegotiate the deal. >> it is time for us to sit down and have a serious negotiation, solve this problem, so that american workers don't see their taxes go up in january. >> reporter: now the negotiations are expected to happen in the new year. and 160 million americans should avoid facing a tax hike come january 1st. in washington, danielle nottingham, wjz eyewitness news. >>> president obama just released a statement congratulating congress for ending the stalemate. >>> a man a
so did president obama. >> it is the right thing to do for the economy, and most importantly it is the right thing to do for american families across the country. >> reporter: house members are expected to vote on the plan that extends the payroll tax cut and some unemploy benefits for two months. that buys lawmakers some extra time to negotiate a plan to extend them for all of 2012. until now house republicans refused to consider the senate's bipartisan compromise because it did...
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at that time president obama was at 48% of the country. so our task was to go out and win the primaries to these very difficult races, very difficult. and then gather a majority of the country. his task was hold on to the votes that he had and grow it just a little bit. those are two monumentally different task. and there's a reason that no incumbent president has lost in modern history without being primaried. when you have an organization -- >> rose: jimmy cartered was primaried by ted kennedy. >> as was bush 41 by pat buchanan. when you have an organization with that much money and they of course have more money than anyone else has ever had because they did away with federal funding for the general election. and an ability to focus on one task which is to win the general election. it's formidable advantage. we had a similar advantage in 04 in president bush's campaign. it's just how it works. >> rose: when people define this election before it happened way back during the primaries as the republicans were choosing their candidate, the
at that time president obama was at 48% of the country. so our task was to go out and win the primaries to these very difficult races, very difficult. and then gather a majority of the country. his task was hold on to the votes that he had and grow it just a little bit. those are two monumentally different task. and there's a reason that no incumbent president has lost in modern history without being primaried. when you have an organization -- >> rose: jimmy cartered was primaried by ted...
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the bishops accuse the obama administration of violating religious liberty. it's unclear how much those efforts have changed any opinions among voters. polls show catholics remain deeply divided, and that could be especially important in battleground states such as ohio, pennsylvania and florida. while much of the focus has been on the economy, green says here at the end of the campaign, other social issues may play an important role. >> there's some strong incentives for the parties to reach out for secondary issues. issues like women's rights, religious liberty, the environment, foreign policy. because if voters are evenly divided on their most salient issue, the economy, they're going to make their decision perhaps on some of these secondary issues. issues that they don't regard as the most important, but they might not be able to choose between governor romney and president obama on something like unemployment, so some of these other issues may matter. >> both candidates have attempted to apply moral and religious language to their economic policies. >> i
the bishops accuse the obama administration of violating religious liberty. it's unclear how much those efforts have changed any opinions among voters. polls show catholics remain deeply divided, and that could be especially important in battleground states such as ohio, pennsylvania and florida. while much of the focus has been on the economy, green says here at the end of the campaign, other social issues may play an important role. >> there's some strong incentives for the parties to...
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a big speech today from president obama in new york city. he urged wall street executives to help reform the nation's financial system. >> susie: tom, the president was speaking at manhattan's cooper union college, not far from the new york stock exchange. he outlined some of the changes he wants to see: measures to prevent reckless risk taking, and more power for shareholders. >> tom: president obama also called for what he calls common sense rules that will protect consumers. >> in the end, our system only works, our markets are only free, when there are basic safeguards that prevent abuse, that check excesses, that ensure that it is more profitable to play by the rules than to game the system. and that is what the reforms we've been proposing are designed to achieve. no more, no less. >> tom: from trading desks to the floor of the new york stock exchange, lots of ears and eyes closely monitored the president's remarks. suzanne pratt was at the big board to hear what traders were saying. >> reporter: many on wall street were bracing today
a big speech today from president obama in new york city. he urged wall street executives to help reform the nation's financial system. >> susie: tom, the president was speaking at manhattan's cooper union college, not far from the new york stock exchange. he outlined some of the changes he wants to see: measures to prevent reckless risk taking, and more power for shareholders. >> tom: president obama also called for what he calls common sense rules that will protect consumers....
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president obama is saying, wait a minute. you're getting a whole lot of different governments out there, they're going to be democratically elected more of them, they're going to be populous, they're going to worry more about opinion in the street. and if you don't manage this, they could be more hostile and not more benign. you have been able to manage your relationship with egypt because you just had to make a deal with mubarak and his military. a democratic egypt may be harder. let's get something going before the ground starts shifting in the wrong direction. >> so the question i had about this all week is why now? why did barack obama, who is having a perfectly good week, he spoke to the coast guard academy, he went to the c.i.a. today to do another sort of victory lap on osama bin laden, that's a good week for a president. why go into this mine field which has been the bain of so many previous presidents' existence? gwen: when he could have take an victory lap about the arab spring and the u.s. support for -- >> he woul
president obama is saying, wait a minute. you're getting a whole lot of different governments out there, they're going to be democratically elected more of them, they're going to be populous, they're going to worry more about opinion in the street. and if you don't manage this, they could be more hostile and not more benign. you have been able to manage your relationship with egypt because you just had to make a deal with mubarak and his military. a democratic egypt may be harder. let's get...
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>> the first thing, what obama did, obama took power, he appointed people, three people, three persons at a time, summers, people who were part of the system and then see the risks. the wrong message. >> charlie: there were three people responsible even for the bush administration, one who is the second of treasury, hank paulson, he was chairman of the fed and then bernanke and then geithner. bernanke states and geithner becomes the secretary of the treasury -- >> what i meant is these people are far from the establishment that built up the risk. someone who can't understand the for cast. what i meant at the time we should have done what david cameron in uk understood immediately is immediately try to cut the cancer immediately. >> david cam cameron, tell us what david cameron has done to put into his budget, a george osborne, the -- >> he real items the problem is not recession, the problem is worse. it's a problem of risk which leads eventually to much worse recession later, you see. the problem of all these problem who are in favor of spending we don't have is that they don't realiz
>> the first thing, what obama did, obama took power, he appointed people, three people, three persons at a time, summers, people who were part of the system and then see the risks. the wrong message. >> charlie: there were three people responsible even for the bush administration, one who is the second of treasury, hank paulson, he was chairman of the fed and then bernanke and then geithner. bernanke states and geithner becomes the secretary of the treasury -- >> what i meant...
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today, president obama accused congress of "playing chicken" with our economic future. >> this is all about whether or not we are going to have the best trained, best educated work force in the world. that improves our economy. higher education cannot be a luxury reserved for a privileged few. it's an economic necessity for every family and every family should be able to afford it. >> susie: americans now owe more on their student loans than on credit cards, and student debt is teetering near $1 trillion. but the treasury released a report today showing college still pays. in 2011, people with college degrees earned over 60% more money than those with just a high school diploma. >> susie: more americans could be going to bed hungry. republicans want congress to cut up to $2 billion from the food stamp program in this year's farm bill. food stamp rolls have doubled in the past eight years, to 46 million people as the great recession took its toll. one national restaurant chain is trying to solve the nation's hunger problem in a unique way. diane eastabrook explains. >> welcome to paner
today, president obama accused congress of "playing chicken" with our economic future. >> this is all about whether or not we are going to have the best trained, best educated work force in the world. that improves our economy. higher education cannot be a luxury reserved for a privileged few. it's an economic necessity for every family and every family should be able to afford it. >> susie: americans now owe more on their student loans than on credit cards, and student...
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obama override his agenda. the democrats control the house and senate and they read the 2000 election as a mandate to change america. in a liberal way and i think they over read it. the democrats passed health care, the most sweeping social reform in 50 years. if obama's presidency ended tomorrow, he will be remembered for 10 years. they will blame the president, the voters, they will blame the ideology. >> we are fighting two wars at the same time. >> not really, according to the iraq war, it is over on wednesday. >> their staffs -- there are still 50,000 american troops over there. >> they are not involved in combat. i am going by your president. >> he is your president, to. >> americans are being shot at and they are and ied's every day. >> how does this affect the american people? >> if the economy was not in an issue obama and the democrats would be in good shape. the economy is it. jim baker when the united states went to war in 1991 drove saddam hussein out of kuwait and i asked him why and he said jobs,
obama override his agenda. the democrats control the house and senate and they read the 2000 election as a mandate to change america. in a liberal way and i think they over read it. the democrats passed health care, the most sweeping social reform in 50 years. if obama's presidency ended tomorrow, he will be remembered for 10 years. they will blame the president, the voters, they will blame the ideology. >> we are fighting two wars at the same time. >> not really, according to the...
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obama for doing this. he can meet the challenges and criticism that those guys are throwing at him by saying we have won. there is nothing sweeter than victory. victory has been achieved. democracy will be established in libya. a transparent system will be established in libya and that is a benefit of the united states. president obama will be given credit for that no matter what they say. tavis: up next we remember two legendary songwriters now gone. nick ashford and jerry leiber. we will never forget the day nick ashford and his beautiful wife valerie simpson joined us on this stage back in 2009. they joined us for a conversation about their remarkable lives and career, a career that includes one of the most iconic songs in all of music history, "ain't no mountain high enough." what was it about this duo, about your style, what did you tap into when you started writing all of these hits that worked so well? >> when nick came up with the idea of "ain't no mountain high enough" it was coming from such a re
obama for doing this. he can meet the challenges and criticism that those guys are throwing at him by saying we have won. there is nothing sweeter than victory. victory has been achieved. democracy will be established in libya. a transparent system will be established in libya and that is a benefit of the united states. president obama will be given credit for that no matter what they say. tavis: up next we remember two legendary songwriters now gone. nick ashford and jerry leiber. we will...
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and barack obama, he's actually saying, you know what? i don't think that that equation works and is automatic. and actually, in saying that, the plutocrats are not wrong to detect there a very powerful ideological challenge. >> if the plutocrats keep on winning, if they manage to avoid tax reform, if they keep low regulation, if they get a president who is sympathetic to them, or even enables them, what's ahead for us? >> well, i mean, i fear that what's ahead is just the continuous worsening of the situation. you know, what we've seen in our lifetime, even since we've come back from russia, is this des nation of the middle class in america. if we continue on this path what we'll end up with is, you know, is russia or some other third world country where, again, you have this handful of people who are -- who are protected. and who have expanding wealth, and then there's just this sort of massive population of everybody else, and that's what i worry about. >> i would like to really issue a clarion call to progressives. because i think thi
and barack obama, he's actually saying, you know what? i don't think that that equation works and is automatic. and actually, in saying that, the plutocrats are not wrong to detect there a very powerful ideological challenge. >> if the plutocrats keep on winning, if they manage to avoid tax reform, if they keep low regulation, if they get a president who is sympathetic to them, or even enables them, what's ahead for us? >> well, i mean, i fear that what's ahead is just the...
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the president obama wanted to change all that. the future is high-speed rail, he told the nation, and this is what the first transcalifornia line may look like. >> traveling at speeds up to 200 miles an hour. >> the bids to build are in an history could repeat itself with an ironic twist. 150 years ago, it was high up here in the sierra nevada mountains where chinese laborers built the fabric of modern america. it was a grueling task. thousands of men worked in all weather to carve out the country's new tracks, but in the triumphant photograph, not a single chinese space could be seen. >> they were not treated well. kind of like illegal aliens today if you will. they were kept -- people did not want them around. they would burn them out of towns and things like that, but when they were working, the railroad really wanted them. then a hidden by snow even in summer, this was their greatest achievement. the longest of the many tunnels hewn from solid rock. when this tunnel was dug out by hand, it was the chinese who were the only one
the president obama wanted to change all that. the future is high-speed rail, he told the nation, and this is what the first transcalifornia line may look like. >> traveling at speeds up to 200 miles an hour. >> the bids to build are in an history could repeat itself with an ironic twist. 150 years ago, it was high up here in the sierra nevada mountains where chinese laborers built the fabric of modern america. it was a grueling task. thousands of men worked in all weather to carve...
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president obama brought in $60 million. romney raised all his money on pushing a platform of small government and lower taxes. sylvia hall breaks down romney's plan as we continue our coverage of the 2012 election, jobs and the economy. >> reporter: speaking behind a podium labeled "putting jobs first," mitt romney sends his message to crowds across america. >> instead of having a government take your money, and throwing it at their bad ideas, i want to lower the tax rates and simplify the tax code, and get the american economy running again at full strength. >> reporter: to do it, romney wants to drastically change the tax code, cut taxes across the board by roughly 20%, cut the corporate tax rate to 25%, and eliminate some tax breaks. also in his economic plan, capping federal spending at 20% of the national g.d.p. he also wants to repeal big regulations, like health care reform and the dodd-frank financial reforms, promote domestic energy production, build solid trade relationships, and crack down on china for its curren
president obama brought in $60 million. romney raised all his money on pushing a platform of small government and lower taxes. sylvia hall breaks down romney's plan as we continue our coverage of the 2012 election, jobs and the economy. >> reporter: speaking behind a podium labeled "putting jobs first," mitt romney sends his message to crowds across america. >> instead of having a government take your money, and throwing it at their bad ideas, i want to lower the tax rates...
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surpeme court now weighs the future of president obama's health insurance reform law. today, the president weighed in on those arguments, saying he's confident the law will be upheld. >> and the reason is because, in accordance with precedent out there, it's constitutional. that's not just my opinion, by the way, that's the opinion of legal experts across the ideological spectrum, including two very conservative appellate court justices that said thi wasn't even a close case. >> tom: while we expect to learn the law's fate in three months, tonight's commentator worries about the fate of any future health care reform effort. here's steven ullman, professor of health sector management and policy at the university of miami school of business. >> reporter: last week, the supreme court listened, questioned and contemplated the affordable care act. the court will announce its ruling in june as it reflects on issues from a constitutional perspective rather than a policy perspective. so now we wait and see. and what if the supreme court declares the accountable care act uncons
surpeme court now weighs the future of president obama's health insurance reform law. today, the president weighed in on those arguments, saying he's confident the law will be upheld. >> and the reason is because, in accordance with precedent out there, it's constitutional. that's not just my opinion, by the way, that's the opinion of legal experts across the ideological spectrum, including two very conservative appellate court justices that said thi wasn't even a close case. >>...
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>> well, of course but for years and years president obama, now president obama benefited from the drama critics. and now they have some uncomfortable moments. but "politico" is there in good times and bad. we cover the white house with more people, more coverage than anyone. and because of that, we do catch the ups, the downs. people will say well why don't you just wait to see how it ends. people don't go to the end of the baseball game. our readers want to see every inning and we're there for every pitch. >> rose: so what is the one question you most want answered. what is the one thing that you think about every night. >> i think about what are people going to be talking about a day from now. what is "time" magazine going to put on their cover a week from now. what is going to be on the cover of next sunday's "new york times" who is charlie rose going to be trying to book. what is ken aulette's next book going to be about. i try and think ahead of what people are going to be interested in. then i reach out to my sources and say you can give us a little bit on this. can you give a lit
>> well, of course but for years and years president obama, now president obama benefited from the drama critics. and now they have some uncomfortable moments. but "politico" is there in good times and bad. we cover the white house with more people, more coverage than anyone. and because of that, we do catch the ups, the downs. people will say well why don't you just wait to see how it ends. people don't go to the end of the baseball game. our readers want to see every inning...